10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina. Your prior trips will inform your birding travel planning too.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. And, the 1996 volume includes information on nests and eggs, a topic not covered by the Peterson guide. He has an academic background in German and medieval studies, including a Ph.D.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2011
The California Quail ( Callipepla californica ) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja California. In California, coveys break up and pairs begin forming in February or March, followed by nest building and egg laying in May or June.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Penguins are shown individually in groups, in dense colonies, within habitat (ice, rainforest, beach), swimming in the ocean, and doing things–nose to nose with an albatross, feeding a child, placing an egg on its foot, sliding down ice. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Press, 2011).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2018
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Western Australia.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. 24 Aug 2018.
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